The watermaker

Vincenzo Gemito "Acquaiolo"

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Titolo dell'opera:

The watermaker

Author/ School/ Dating:

Vincenzo Gemito (Napoli, 1852-1929)

Object Type:

sculpture

Epoca:

Inventario:

GPB 881

Tecnica:

bronzo

Back to Focus:
Folklore and traditions in the works of artists from central and southern Italy
Descrizione:

This is one of several replicas of this subject, the first example of which was made for King Francis II of Bourbon. Its success was decreed by its participation in the Paris Salon of 1882. The theme of the child of the people offering water harks back to genre art with naturalistic accents; however, here Gemito retrieves the outcomes of Hellenistic Pompeian sculpture, above all the figure of the dancing Faun.